The fight would be the latest booking for UFC 87, which has quickly filled with bouts, including a main event between UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch.

Wilson, an Oregon-based fighter who posted a spirited but unsuccessful performance against top welterweight contender Jon Fitch at UFC 82, thinks the extra training time will do him well.

“I just found out my fight has been postponed,” he wrote. “The rescheduled date hasn’t been finalized but appears to be bumped to the next UFC show, UFC 87, headlined by St. Pierre vs. Fitch in Minnesota of all places.

“In the end, it is frustrating to have to wait longer to get paid, but it will give me more training time coming off of the birth of my daughter, so it’s probably for the best. Frankly, I’m just glad to fight, period. I guess I can wait one more month.”

As for Bruno, Wilson is confident of victory.

“Any chance Bruno had of fighting me before I got back into shape has just vanished,” he stated. “Bruno’s fanboys will be terribly distraught when he gets destroyed.”

Bruno, a veteran and former middleweight champion of the South
Korean-based Spirit MC organization, will make his UFC debut at the
event. He’s won his past four fights — and nine of his past 11 — and most recently defeated EliteXC and Strikeforce vet Jae Suk Lim. This will be Bruno’s first fight in 18 months.

As the UFC 189 tour made its last stop in Dublin, featherweight champ Jose Aldo was met with a torrent of abuse from the Irish fans. It might have been unpleasant, but it might also have been just what he needed.